How to Make Your Own Pancake Mixes

Includes “20 Ways to Make Gourmet Pancakes”

Pancakes from scratch just taste better than mixes in the stores but when you’re in a hurry, who has time for scratch? We’ll tell you how to make your own gourmet buttermilk or sour cream pancake mix so that you can have great “from scratch” pancakes when you are in a hurry. It will have more buttermilk or sour cream than the store mixes and so will taste better. Add some tasty inclusions for a real treat.

Choose to make either a small, medium, or large mix. The ratio of ingredients is the same.

Use the pancake mix as a base mix for by adding fruit, nuts, baking chips or more. Of course, you can make it plain for some special, extra rich pancakes. We guarantee that it is better than most store mixes.For easier measurement, remember that one tablespoon equals three teaspoons.

Combine all the ingredients and whisk together to distribute evenly. Store your pancake mixes in an air-tight container in a cool place and it should last a long time (We asked three processors the shelf life of buttermilk powder. Two said indefinitely and one said three years).

1. Measure the desired mix into a large bowl.
2. In a smaller bowl, whisk one egg for every one to 1 1/2 cups of mix.
3. Add 1 1/2 tablespoons melted butter or oil to the egg for every one cup of mix.
4. Add 2/3 cup water to the egg mixture for every one cup of mix. Add the liquid mixture to the mix and stir until just combined. The batter will probably be too dry so add more water to reach the desired consistency.

Variations

Here are 20 mixes that you can make. Of course, this is just a beginning; use your imagination to create more great gourmet pancakes.

Gourmet Banana Pecan Sour Cream/Buttermilk Pancakes (Add a mashed banana and a little banana flavoring along with cinnamon and chopped pecans). Top with more sliced bananas. Serve with maple syrup or cinnamon cream syrup.

Gourmet Hawaiian Pineapple Sour Cream/Buttermilk Pancakes (Add granulated pineapple available at The Prepared Pantry). These are really good pancakes—we sell this in a mix. Serve with coconut cream syrup or vanilla cream syrup.

Gourmet Honey Buckwheat Sour Cream/Buttermilk Pancakes (Add a fourth cup buckwheat flour for every cup of flour. Sweeten the pancakes with dry honey instead of sugar). Both dry honey and buckwheat flour is available at the Prepared Pantry. Serve with any syrup.

The Prepared Pantry is a family-owned business located in Rigby, Idaho. The company sells baking mixes, kitchen tools, baking ingredients, and gourmet foods. It has its own production facility for the packaging of mixes and baking ingredients. It is believed to be the largest seller of bread mixes on the internet.